New World parrots in crisis: solutions from conservation biology.
Washington: Smithsonian, 1992. Octavo, black and white photographs, paperback. More
BIRDS - Parrot and Pigeons
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The pigeons and doves of Australia.
Sydney: Author, 1888. Small folio, 11 colour plates. Publisher's full black morocco with gilt title, all edges gilt, some blemishes, expertly rebacked, some foxing, very scarce. The Pigeon and Dove section from Broinowski's Birds of Australia, published as a separate. More
Quest for the Kakapo.
Auckland: Heinemann Reed, 1989. Octavo, colour photographs, bookplate, fine copy in dustwrapper, scarce. The salvaging of the last remaining Kakapos and the subsequent breeding successes is probably the greatest story of modern conservation ornithology. More
Kakapo country: the story of the world's most unusual bird.
Auckland: Hodder and Stoughton, 1987. Octavo, colour illustrations, lengthy inscription, softcover. More
The world of cockatoos.
Neptune City: T.F.H., 1985. Quarto, colour photos graphs, fine copy in laminated boards. More
The parrots of Australia: a guide to field identification and habits.
Sydney: Angus and Robertson, 1966. Octavo, colour plates, maps, defective dustwrapper. More
The biology and status of the Long-billed Corella in Australia.
Camarillo: Western Foundation of Vertebrate Zoology, 1994. Octavo, photographs, text illustrations, softcover. Proceedings of the Western Foundation of Vertebrate Zoology, vol.5 no.4, May 1994. More
Australian parrots.
Brisbane: Alexander Editions, (2002. third revised edition). Quarto, colour plates by William T. Cooper. Handsome red full calf and cloth-backed slipcase, limited to 95 numbered copies signed by both author and artist. The deluxe edition, originally priced at $850. We also have stocks of the trade edition [stock record 35064]... More
Australian parrots.
Brisbane: Alexander Editions, (2002. third revised edition). Quarto, colour plates by William T. Cooper, a fine copy in dustwrapper. Australian Parrots was first published in 1969 with tipped-in photographs by Len Robinson and was an immediate success. A second edition, with a substantially revised text and illustrated by William T.... More
Australian parrots.
Brisbane: Alexander Editions, (2002. third revised edition). Quarto, colour plates by William T. Cooper, LACKS DUSTWRAPPER, otherwise a fine copy. Australian Parrots was first published in 1969 with tipped-in photographs by Len Robinson and was an immediate success. A second edition, with a substantially revised text and illustrated by William... More
Australian parrots.
Sydney: Lansdowne Editions, (1981. second edition). Small folio, colour plates, bookplate, fine copy in dustwrapper. More
Australian parrots.
Melbourne: Lansdowne, (1980. second edition). Folio, two volumes, colour plates. Publisher's full green calf, limited to 1000 copies numbered and signed by author and artist. Solander box faded [NOTE: the box in the image is from another set] a very good set in the plain brown wrappers. More
Parrots of the world.
Sydney: Lansdowne, (1989. third revised edition). Small folio, colour plates by William Cooper, bookplate, fine copy dustwrapper. A substantial revision of this classic text, with additional plates. Every species and subspecies, including those now extinct and those newly discovered, are described. With the latest information on distribution, status, habitats, movements... More
Pigeons and doves of the world.
London: British Museum (Natural History), (1970. second edition). Quarto, colour plates, slightly damaaged dustwrapper. More
Parrots: a guide to parrots of the world.
Mountfield: Pica Press, (1998. first edition). Octavo, 88 colour plates, maps, fine copy in dustwrapper. The first identification guide to parrots. One-fifth of the world's parrots are on the threatened list and this book includes up-to-date information on their conservation Winner of the 1999 British Library Association's McColvin Medal for... More
Parrots and pigeons of Australia.
Sydney: Angus and Robertson, 1992. Quarto, colour photographs, fine copy in fine dustwrapper, scarce. More
Glimpses of paradise: the quest for the beautiful parrakeet.
Canberra: National Library of Australia, 2007. Quarto, paperback, black and white photographs, colour illustrations by William T. Cooper, Tony Pridham and others. Signed by the author. This book follows the story of the Paradise parrot (Psephotus pulcherrimus), beginning with its discovery by naturalist John Gilbert in 1844, on the Condamine... More
The Dodo and the Solitaire: a natural history.
Indianapolis: Indiana University Press, 2013. Octavo, colour and black and white illustrations, black and white photographs, fine copy in dustwrapper. A comprehensive book about these two famously extinct birds. It contains all the known contemporary accounts and illustrations of the dodo and solitaire, covering their history after extinction and discussing... More
Conservation of New World parrots: Proceedings of the ICBP Parrot Working Group Meeting, St. Lucia, 1980.
Washington: Smithsonian Institution Press, 1981. Octavo, paperback, More
Records of parrot-like birds bred in the USA.
London: Author, 1949. Octavo, text printed recto only. Publisher's blue cloth, paper dustwrapper with handwritten label, a fine copy. More
Catalogue of the Australian birds in the Australian Museum at Sydney, N.S.W. Part four: Picariae. Sub-order Halcyones.
Sydney: [Australian Museum], 1894. Octavo, Publisher's wrappers detached and heavily chipped, the neat stamp of the "Royal Society of Edinburgh" More
The doves, parrots, louries and cuckoos of Southern Africa.
Cape Town: David Philip, 1983. Octavo, colour plates, maps, fine copy in dustwrapper. More
Behavioural ecology of the Galah Eolophus roseicapillus in the wheatbelt of Western Australia.
Chipping Norton: Surrey Beatty, 1990. Octavo, colour photographs, fine copy in laminated boards. This detailed study of the Galah includes chapters on behaviour, social behaviour, vocalisations, breeding biology, productivity and survival. More
Catalogue of the Columbae, or pigeons, in the collection of the British Museum.
London: British Museum (Natural History), 1893. Octavo, 14 chromolithograph plates. Publisher's brown cloth, partly unopened, apart from a library pocket and a small paper library stamp on the bottom of the spine, a near fine copy. Volume 21 from Richard Bowdler Sharpe's 27 volume Catalogue of Birds in the British... More
Parrots: a natural history.
Port Melbourne: Lothian, 1990. Octavo, illustrations, fine copy in dustwrapper. More
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